Story | 09 Feb, 2021
Dialogue: Migration, Environmental Change & Conflict
CEESP Virtual Dialogues: by Galeo Saintz and Elaine Hsiao, Co-chairs of the CEESP Theme on Environment and Peace
The co-migration of human and other species catalyzed by environmental change, including climate change, is anticipated to increase dramatically in the next decades. As calls…
Story | 09 Feb, 2021
Dialogue: The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender
CEESP Virtual Dialogues to BuildBackBetter - by Meher Noshirwani, IUCN CEESP Regional Vice Chair Asia & Specialist Group on Gender
A CEESP virtual dialogue exploring prior assumptions of the pandemic, the current situation and its impact on gender: issues of inequality, violence,…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
IUCN CEESP Virtual Dialogues to #BuildBackBetter
Faced with the deteriorating situation of environmental human rights defenders during the pandemic, how can the conservation community respond more effectively? Specifically, how can the IUCN Secretariat, membership networks and partner…
Story | 02 Feb, 2021
Wetlands – natural infrastructure managing water for free in the Indo-Burma region
On 2 February 2021, communities and organisations throughout the world will celebrate World Wetlands Day, with the theme Water, Wetlands and Life. The events acknowledge the importance of wetlands and their multiple ecosystem services, including the…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Paving the road to the green economic development in the Buna Delta
IUCN and Living Buna partners are encouraging sustainable socio-economic development in north Albania, by focusing on the ecosystem and habitat restoration through the community based actions, in an area of 23,000 ha of the Buna Delta.
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Each year, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February, a day to put a spotlight on the state of our wetlands globally. Organised by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 2021 theme focuses on the intrinsic link…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Stakeholder Consultation on Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology in Haryana
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) organized a stakeholder consultation workshop on “Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)” with the Government of Haryana, India on 12th January 2021. The meeting held in Gurugram, Haryana, India saw the attendance of Sh.
Story | 20 Jan, 2021
Building capacity for engaging communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
CEESP News: by Dilys Roe, Chair of the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULI) and Principal Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) *
Story | 18 Jan, 2021
Unlocking the wildlife economy in Africa
CEESP News: by Francis Vorhies, Executive Director of Earthmind
Over 2020, two institutions in Africa have begun critical work on unlocking and diversifying the wildlife economy in Africa. Community ownership and benefits are key to preventing and combating wildlife crime.
Story | 18 Jan, 2021
Producer organisations in Ghana grow restoration skills
Forest and farm producer organisations in Ghana gather to expand their restoration leadership capacity through learning to apply the restoration opportunities assessment methodology as a tool for sustainable business.